Curtain attachment for television cabinets



1957 SEICHI TERAUCHH 2,782,347

.CURTAIN ATTACHMENT FOR TELEVISION CABINETS Filed April 8, 1955 V v INVENTQR. 66/0/7 Terauch/ CURTAIN ATTACHMENT FOR TELEVISION CABINETS Seichi Terauchi, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Application April 8, 1955, Serial No. 500,108

1 Claim. (Cl. 160--124) This invention, a curtain attachment for a television cabinet, has as its main objects to provide a curtain that Will enhance television viewing by giving a realistic, stagelike efliect to the viewed picture; will protect marring and wear of the cabinet surface; will be adjustable to fit the width and length of cabinets of different sizes; will conceal the picture tube when the set is not in use; and will be capable of manufacture at low cost.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claim appended thereto, and from the annexed drawings, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device mounted on a television cabinet;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the cabinet and device; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the device per se.

A conventional television cabinet is shown with the curtain assembly 12 constituting the present invention attached thereto.

The invention includes elongated, straight, side frame members 14, 16, having at their inner ends inwardly facing angle brackets 18, 20, connected to members 14, 16 by bolts passing through any one of openings 22, 24 spaced longitudinally of the members to permit adjustable positioning of the brackets. Clamp screws 26, 28, threaded in openings of the brackets, may be turned home against the back of the cabinets 10 with members 14, 16 extending along the sides of the cabinet at the top thereof.

At their front ends, members 14, 16 are integral with inwardly turned extensions 30, 32 engageable against the states Patent ice front of the cabinet. Soft pads may be attached to extensions 30, 32 to prevent marring of the cabinet surface. Forwardly of extensions 30, 32, longitudinally aligned curtain rods 34, 36 have straight inner end portions extending across the front of the cabinet, and rearwardly curved outer end portions 38 extending around the front corners of the cabinet and terminating in forwardly projecting extensions 42, 44 longitudinally contacting the members 14, 16 and fixedly secured to the side members.

An open-ended sleeve 46 has the inner ends of the curtain rods slidably telescoping therein to permit adjustment of the device for the width of the particular cabinet.

Depending from the rods 34, 36 are curtains 48, 50 having hemmed upper ends receiving rods 34, 36 to permit the curtains to be closed or opened. When the curtains are open, they appear as in Figure 2, and provide a stage-like effect for the television picture. When closed, they conceal the picture tube from view, and further prevent marring and damaging of the cabinet.

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since such construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principles, it being considered that the invention comprehends any minor change in construction that may be permitted within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A curtain attachment for a television cabinet comprising a U-shaped frame including side members extendable along the sides of the cabinet, a bight part extending across the cabinet front, means adjustable longitudinally of the side members at one end thereof to engage against the back of the cabinet, and means at the other ends of the side members engageable against the front of the cabinet; and a pair of curtains slidable on said bight part for selectively exposing and concealing the front of the cabinet.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 902,635 Wowra Nov. 3, 1908 989,990 McGinley Apr. 18, 1911 2,551,157 Price May 1, 1951 

